Here's an audiovisual presentation which I made for the Education campaign led by the City Councilors and Department of Education of Zamboanga City. Because of the September seige, many schools were destroyed and were used as evacuation centers for displaced families. Classes will be opened on June yet many schools in affected the barangays were not yet rehabilitated. We are still in need of more classrooms, desks, chairs, books and school supplies for the education of our young people.

Because of this rising concern, the council came up with this campaign to help inform people about the situation of the schools and how we greatly need their help. This is aimed to organizations and advocates of education who are willing to extend their support to our community. We hope that someday Zamboanga will find peace and will become a nesting ground for young minds to grow and would someday be the ones who will nurture future generations of youth.


Education AVP from Ced Zabala on Vimeo.

Dedicated to All Teachers and Students in Zamboanga.
Help our Children. Support Education Now.

A Project Initiative of Mayor Beng Climaco
Pedro Melchor Sadain, Joselito Fernandez and Gerky Valesco

Project Supervisors:
Michael Saavedra, Mike Rute, Meyer Delgado

Photos by Joey Bautista (City Hall PIO)
Written and Narrated by Gerky Valesco (Chairma, Committee of Education)

This Project is supported by
Malcolm Garma (Regional Director, DepEd-9)
Local School Board, Members and Staff

Produced by csz97

Just wanna share this story from Miss Universe 2011 3rd Runner Up, Miss Shamcey Supsup.

My mother grew up in Basilan; she was among the poorest of the poor. They were 11 in the family and she told me na pangarap niya noon ay makakain ng buong itlog because before they would divide one egg among the family. So she strived to get an education. She was a scholar and to earn extra money, she would volunteer to do homework of her classmates in exchange for a share of their baon. I saw my mom’s perseverance. Now that she’s successful, she wants to send my cousins and other relatives to school. Education can really change your life.